March 2012
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Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun. You get self-satisfaction...
– Mary Lou Retton, winner of the All Around Gold Medal in women’s gymnastics at the 1984 Olympic Games (via crltn-scks)
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Why Chunners Aren't Good Fighters →
Lots of good commentary in this thread, posting for more review later. I’m proud to be a chunner myself, and will probably never study another style, but I respect all styles and can see the value in all of them. Not all people look at martial arts in this way. For a lot of people martial arts are purely competitive, and if you’ve never seen it on UFC you might not think it’s...
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Kung fu notes, move along...
I think I got checked off on side stepping today at kung fu class. Sifu moused me once under the left eye but no bruise. I am just one of those learners, I have to get socked in the face a few times to get my ass in gear.
I also bought my own zafu and zabuton. Sifu picked out the color for me, he said blue for my masculinity and also to represent my mood. I’m ok with that, I’m not...
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Stop Hating Your Body: A New Policy Against... →
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One of the great things about Tumblr is that people use it for just about every conceivable kind of expression. People being people, though, that means that Tumblr sometimes gets used for things that are just wrong. We are deeply committed to supporting and defending our users’…
Yey. I hope this really happens.
I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes...
– Mary Shelley, Frankenstein. (via riverran)
#mary shelley #this quote though #it’s all kinds of wonderful #hey remember that time one asswipe was like you have 30 seconds to name something invented by a woman… #…and Mary was like SCIENCE FICTION MOTHERFUCKERS #that was awesome #thanks Mary Shelley...
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Anonymous asked: *holds*
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